Senior AI Security Engineer: Guardrails & Observability

Backblaze; Mexico; On-site; PHP 3,683,241 - 5,524,861; Full time

Job summary

Backblaze is looking for a Senior AI Security Engineer to design safeguards for internal AI usage, focusing on agentic systems and runtime security. The right fit will have over 7 years of security engineering experience, strong programming skills in Python, and familiarity with AI-assisted tools.

You will be responsible for architecting guardrails for AI systems, preventing unauthorized actions, and implementing identity access controls. Joining Backblaze means contributing to innovative practices in a welcoming workplace.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in security engineering or backend systems.
• Strong programming skills, preferably in Python.
• Experience in AI-assisted development and associated security.
• Knowledge of security enforcement layers.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement safeguards for internal AI usage.
• Architect guardrails for AI systems and implement enforcement mechanisms.
• Build detection capabilities and log AI activity.
• Perform threat modeling for agentic systems.

Skills

Security engineering experience

Backend systems expertise

Strong programming skills (Python preferred)

Experience with AI-assisted development tools

Logging and monitoring systems knowledge

Education

7+ years in security engineering

Tools

OpenTelemetry

ELK

Job description

Backblaze is looking for a Senior AI Security Engineer to design safeguards for internal AI usage, focusing on agentic systems and runtime security. The right fit will have over 7 years of security engineering experience, strong programming skills in Python, and familiarity with AI-assisted tools.

You will be responsible for architecting guardrails for AI systems, preventing unauthorized actions, and implementing identity access controls. Joining Backblaze means contributing to innovative practices in a welcoming workplace.